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Coping With Fraud: The Darsee Case

Author

Culliton, Barbara J.

Bibliographic Citation

Science. 1983 Apr 1; 220(4592): 31-35.

Abstract

Culliton reviews major developments in the John Darsee fraud case at
Harvard Medical School, from the first known act of fraud to recent evidence
that implicates Darsee's earlier work at Emory University and Notre Dame.
Darsee's Harvard data were eventually re-examined both by Harvard and by a
panel appointed by the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI),
which had funded much of his research. The NHLBI findings, which were
reviewed by senior staff at the National Institutes of Health, faulted the
supervisory practices of Darsee's mentor, Dr. Eugene Braunwald. Braunwald
acknowledges the need for change but believes that his pattern of supervision
is common to many laboratories. (KIE abstract)

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